----- Original Message ----- From: "JohnB" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] VHF Monitoring
> It is the Bay. Chatter is large but the granite is unmoved despite many > attempts to move it by others I must add.:-) But the cat only draws 18" > so maybe I'm lucky or just stupid as some would believe. > > If you have an interest check > http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563617049gszcNq?vhost=good-times > REPLY You were cruising in what was basically my back yard for 25 years before I moved west. Page 25 ?? I was unable to get past sheet 13 where you hauled out (presumably in Parry sound) South of Parry Sound in the bay you barely got out of town as it were , so yeah I see what you mean by chatter. Very different further up north. Up there if you get into trouble the coast guard is at least 3 - 4 hours away. and that assumes they can even hear your radio. But make an overnight to Tobermory and its a different thing once you get past Cabot head. For real thrills you need to make land fall coming east fom Huron past Cape Hurd and tying to sneak south of Cove Island in a full nor wester with swells running 8 - 12 feet. White caps everywhere and you can't tell waves from breaking rocks. Broached that time and we nearly lost crew over the side. Also made that land fall once in pea soup fog with viz down to 30 feet or so. Bow look-out was indistinct from cockpit on a 37' Alberg. I get a kick out of these west coast guys talking about how large and rough it gets here. Obviously they never heard about the Edmund Fizgerald. Good cruising ground!!!! _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
